Men plead guilty to running illegal poker game
Two midstate men received 5-year probation sentences Thursday after pleading guilty to running an illegal West Shore poker game that was busted by police nearly two years ago.
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Poker glossary:
- LATE POSITION - For a particular betting round, a player who does not have to act until most of the other players have acted.
- MARKED CARDS - Cards that have been (illegally) altered so that their value can be read from the back.
- FREEROLL - [1] A poker tournament that does not charge a buy-in fee; players must earn buy-in credits through previous play at the same establishment. [2] Having a lock on part of a pot (sure to win a greater fraction of the pot than one is betting) and playing to win more or all of it.
- POCKET PAIR - Generic Hold'em term for 2 hole cards of the same rank.
- THIRD STREET - In Stud, the third card dealt to each player.
- PASSED OUT. - A hand in which nobody opens. What happens next is a function of the game being played.
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